Molokai Airport

Molokai Airport
250px Approach to Runway 5 (2008)
IATA: MKK – ICAO: PHMK – FAA LID: MKK – WMO: 91186
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Hawaii Department of Transportation
Serves	Kaunakakai, Hawaii
Elevation AMSL	454 ft / 138 m
Coordinates
Website	Hawaii.gov/MKK
Map
MKK Location of airport in Hawaii
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 4,494 1,370 Asphalt 17/35 3,118 950 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 49,804 Based aircraft 4
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Founded in 1927, Molokai Airport (IATA: MKK, ICAO: PHMK, FAA LID: MKK) is a state-owned, public use airport located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) northwest of Kaunakakai, on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the principal airport of the island.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 89,468 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 65,984 enplanements in 2009, and 88,688 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

Facilities and aircraft

Molokai Airport occupies 288 acres (117 ha) at an elevation of 454 ft (138 m) above mean sea level on the central plateau of the island of Molokai. The airport has two asphalt paved runways that accommodate commuter/air taxi and general aviation activities, as well as some military flights: Runway 5/23 is 4,494 by 100 ft (1,370 by 30 m) and Runway 17/35 is 3,118 by 100 ft (950 by 30 m).

The passenger terminal complex and general aviation facilities are north of the runway intersection; the passenger terminal complex is near the principal runway and the general aviation facilities are near the crosswind runway. Vehicular access to these two areas is provided by separate access roadways, each connecting with Keonelele Avenue.

For the 12-month period ending April 20, 2011, the airport had 49,804 aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day: 59% general aviation, 40% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 4 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Makani Kai Air Charters	Honolulu, Kalaupapa
Mokulele Airlines	Honolulu, Kahului
ʻOhana by Hawaiian operated by Empire Airlines	Honolulu, Kahului, Lanai

Island Air ended flights between Honolulu and Molokai Airport on April 1, 2014.

Incidents

On October 28, 1989, Aloha Island Air flight 1712, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, collided with mountains near Halawa Valley, Molokai, while en route on a scheduled passenger flight from Kahului Airport to Molokai Airport in Hoolehua. The NTSB determined the cause of the accident was the airplanes controlled flight into terrain as a result of the decision of the captain to continue the flight under visual flight rules at night into instrument meteorological conditions, which obscured rising mountains. All 20 aboard the aircraft died. Thirteen of the victims were from Molokai, including eight members of the Molokai High School boys and girls volleyball teams and two faculty members. The girls team had just qualified on Maui for the state tournament.

External links

• Hawaii DOT page for Molokai Airport
• Topographic map from USGS The National Map
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective March 20, 2025
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MKK, effective March 20, 2025
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MKK
  • AirNav airport information for PHMK
  • ASN accident history for MKK
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PHMK
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for MKK